{"id":97092,"date":"2023-12-07T01:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=97092"},"modified":"2023-12-07T01:25:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T01:25:15","slug":"steve-cooper-says-he-doesnt-deserve-nottingham-forrests-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/steve-cooper-says-he-doesnt-deserve-nottingham-forrests-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Cooper says he &apos;doesn&apos;t deserve&apos; Nottingham Forrest&apos;s fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Steve Cooper says he &#8216;doesn&#8217;t deserve&#8217; Nottingham Forest fans&#8217; support after they applauded him following &#8216;EMBARRASSING&#8217; 5-0 defeat to Fulham&#8230; as he delivers brutally honest interview claiming &#8216;I deserve the blame&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steve Cooper called Nottingham Forest&#8217;s 5-0 defeat by Fulham &#8217;embarrassing&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It came in a brutally honest interview where Cooper took blame for the defeat\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This HAS to be the time when players show respect and control. Only the captain should approach referees &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steve Cooper has delivered a brutally honest post-match interview where he claimed Nottingham Forest&#8217;s 5-0 defeat by Fulham was &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; adding &#8216;I don&#8217;t deserve&#8217; support and applause from their fanbase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was his side&#8217;s fourth defeat on the bounce, with Forest having also previously been beaten by West Ham, Brighton and Everton, slipping to the bottom rung of the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fulham, meanwhile, bounced back from their late 4-3 loss against\u00a0Liverpool, with Alex Iwobi and Raul Jimenez both scoring twice to help Marco Silva&#8217;s side run five goals past their opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Forest&#8217;s fans continued to sing the under pressure manager&#8217;s name, but Cooper said to BBC Sport: &#8216;I&#8217;m embarrassed. I don&#8217;t deserve it. I&#8217;m grateful. But I don&#8217;t deserve it the players don&#8217;t.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I have to take ownership for that (the defeat). But it&#8217;s embarrassing. I don&#8217;t deserve it (the applause from fans). And we have to take responsibility for that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78669635-12835111-image-a-25_1701907988475.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steve Cooper has claimed Nottinham Forest&#8217;s 5-0 defeat by Fulham was &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; and says the team do not deserve the fans<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78669669-12835111-image-a-27_1701908007109.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, Forest&#8217;s travelling fans stayed behind after the game to applaud the team<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve just been asked do I fear for my job and that&#8217;s the right question to ask and a normal one to ask. Genuinely I probably think about that the least, I think about what&#8217;s right for the football club.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Questions have been\u00a0raised over whether Cooper is the right man to lead Forest forwards, with his side having claimed just one victory this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old has been under pressure to get quick results at Forest, with Cooper previously speaking on how much he cares for the club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday he reaffirmed those comments and said to Sky Sports on the defeat<span>: &#8216;It was a real painful one. It falls on me and we have to own up to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he is the right man to turn things around, Cooper added: &#8216;Yeah of course I do, I&#8217;ve just been asked a similar sort of questions of whether I fear for my job and they&#8217;re the right ones to ask and the normal ones to ask considering the run we&#8217;re on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I have a genuine feeling is that I probably think about that the least. The only thing I want is what is right for the football club. The run that we&#8217;re on I don&#8217;t worry about my reputation and what it might mean for me, I always think about what does it mean for the football club because I&#8217;m so attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I think you should feel that way when you&#8217;re responsible for the football inside the football club. But what&#8217;s right for the football club is right for me &#8211; whatever that is.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fulham ran the show for much of the match, with the home side winning 64 per cent of possession while having 14 goal attempts to Forest&#8217;s four.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On his assessment of the match, Cooper claimed his side lacked desire, with Forest also having just one shot on goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78669633-12835111-image-a-42_1701908643044.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After the match, Cooper fielded questions on his job security and admitted he was the right man to take the club forward<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78660695-12835111-Raul_Jimenez_and_Alex_Iwobi_both_scored_twice_for_Fulham_in_emph-a-28_1701908018923.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raul Jimenez and Alex Iwobi both scored twice for Fulham during the emphatic victory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78660777-12835111-Jimenez_doubled_the_lead_four_minutes_later_by_firing_emphatical-a-29_1701908021265.jpg\" height=\"383\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jimenez doubled the lead after Iwobi, firing into the top right corner of the goal\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/00\/78663643-12835111-Substitute_Tom_Cairney_completed_the_rout_by_scoring_the_fifth_g-a-30_1701908025947.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Substitute Tom Cairney completed the rout by scoring the fifth goal in the 86th minute<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Pulling out of tackles, losing races, ending up on the floor when it&#8217;s 50-50. If you do that, you can have a night like tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A lack of desire and will to defend, you run the risk of what we got tonight. It&#8217;s a painful one. One I take responsible for.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fulham boss Silva backed Cooper to improve things at Forest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s part of our life, I think Steve said that before the match, that it&#8217;s not the first time he is in a position that results are not the best,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All of us in this job, in some moments in our careers it happens, we know how to handle the situation. Steve knows how to handle the situation.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12835111\/Steve-Cooper-says-doesnt-deserve-Nottingham-Forest-fans-support-defeat-Fulham.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Cooper says he &#8216;doesn&#8217;t deserve&#8217; Nottingham Forest fans&#8217; support after they applauded him following &#8216;EMBARRASSING&#8217; 5-0 defeat to Fulham&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steve Cooper says he &amp;apos;doesn&amp;apos;t deserve&amp;apos; 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